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He knows I rip him off every day. He's the godfather for me. Nobody can say they aren't influenced by what Stevie Wonder has done.

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Brian McKnight
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: June 5
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When it's your chance to step up to the plate, just hit it out of the park, and everybody will forget about everything that came before.
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Every little kid that steps on the court or the field has aspirations to go pro. I think being a pro basketball player is the best job. The thing I had to realize was that I can't do every dream that I have.
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I was probably six years old when I first sang before an audience.
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I listen to all kinds of songs. There's something to be learned from every type of music and from the one making it, whether it's pop or jazz or hip-hop.
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I hate the pigeonholing that's happened in the music business in the last 30 years.
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Being a musician, you want to be able to do the hardest stuff there is. People would think it's classical, but in classical, it's all on the page and the difficulty is keeping up with the music.
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I'm not like a legend that - so I'm sort of in the middle in this sort of gray area where, you know, I'm creating music and I'm not saying there isn't an audience because there is because all of those people go out and spend $80 to $150 on a concert ticket.
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As I've gotten older, now I've really got to back that up with record sales. Anytime showed me that I could still have some of those elements I wanted, but you still have to come with hit after hit after hit.
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I kind of hate the fact that people are always trying to put you into a category. I hate walls, and I hate boundaries. I don't like that. I listen to everything.
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I hope at some point in my career when my name is mentioned, someone will say Oh yeah he has a good song! I'd be happy with that.
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I've been a jazz artist playing pop and R&B my entire career.
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Every song that I've done is me in one way or another.
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I just want people to take a step back, take a deep breath and actually look at something with a different perspective. But most people will never do that.
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Everything I have now is so real, so vivid.
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I was brought up to be a gentleman. That means you know how to walk, talk and dress the part.
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I'll always write music. Whether I release a record, whether I let the public hear it or not, I'm always writing music.
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My fans are the best in the world! They've grown up with me and stayed with me through this entire journey.
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By 17, I had a whole band that would go in and play. It was called Spontaneous Inventions, after a Bobby McFerrin album.
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When somebody shows up and they believe in you, it makes all the difference.
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I've always been serious about music. After you've done it for so many years, you get back to the basics.
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